[Libs-Or] ALA Midwinter Council report

Fri Feb 1 14:28:42 PST 2019

Hi everyone,

At this Midwinter ALA Meeting I attended three council sessions where a lot
of resolutions were passed. At one of the council forums, I was not at, a
racially charged incident happened. I do not know the details of what
instigated the attack, it is beside the point. The fact is that a fellow
council member experienced racism, and that no one stood in her defense.
The ALA Executive Board has released a statement regarding the incident
<http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2019/01/ala-executive-board-releases-statement-regarding-incident-council-forum>.
Some key actions mentioned are:

   -

   The Executive Board will form a working group to look at Council Forum
   and ways to make it a safer space up to its continued viability.
   -

   They will review the current code of conduct complaint process to make
   it stronger and more effective.
   -

   They will work on facilitated racial equity training for Annual
   Conference during Council 1; that training and the code of conduct will be
   built into Council Orientation moving forward.

Here are the resolutions that were passed during ALA Council Midwinter 2019

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   A resolution presented by the ALA Committee on Diversity proposing
   changes to the language in ALA Policy B.8.10 to make it more inclusive in
   regards to people experiencing poverty (CD#14
   <http://www.ala.org/aboutala/sites/ala.org.aboutala/files/content/governance/council/council_documents/2019_ms_council_docs/ALA%20CD%2014%20Committee%20on%20Diversity_act.pdf>).

   -

   A resolution adopting sustainability as a core value of librarianship (
   CD#37
   <http://www.ala.org/aboutala/sites/ala.org.aboutala/files/content/governance/council/council_documents/2019_ms_council_docs/ALA%20CD%2037%20RESOLUTION%20FOR%20THE%20ADOPTION%20OF%20SUSTAINABILITY%20AS%20A%20CORE%20VALUE%20OF%20LIBRARIANSHIP_Final1182019.pdf>
   ).
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   A new interpretation (CD#17
   <http://www.ala.org/aboutala/sites/ala.org.aboutala/files/content/governance/council/council_documents/2019_ms_council_docs/ALA%20CD%2017%20Report%20of%20the%20ALA%20Council%20Policy%20Monitoring%20Committee%20Revised%201%2027%202019.pdf>)
   of Library-Initiated Programs as a Resource into B.2.1.11 of Library
   Bill of Rights, a new interpretation on Services to People with
   Disabilities into B.2.1.21 of the Library Bill of Rights, and the
   insertion of revised text on Council Resolutions: Guidelines for
   Preparation of Resolutions to Council into the ALA Policy Manual
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   A resolution from the ALA Awards Committee (CD#31
   <http://www.ala.org/aboutala/sites/ala.org.aboutala/files/content/governance/council/council_documents/2019_ms_council_docs/ALA%20CD%2031%20ALA%20Award%20Proposal.pdf>)
   to change the Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians Faced with
   Adversity to the Penguin Random House Library Award for Innovation Through
   Adversity.
   -

   A resolution to eliminate monetary fines as a form of social inequity (
   CD#38
   <http://www.ala.org/aboutala/sites/ala.org.aboutala/files/content/governance/council/council_documents/2019_ms_council_docs/ALA%20CD%2038%20RESOLUTION%20ON%20MONETARY%20LIBRARY%20FINES%20AS%20A%20FORM%20OF%20SOCIAL%20JUSTICE%20Revised%201_27_0.pdf>
   ).
   -

   A resolution in support of civil rights protections for people of
   diverse gender identities (CD#41
   <http://www.ala.org/aboutala/sites/ala.org.aboutala/files/content/governance/council/council_documents/2019_ms_council_docs/lgD52a54T2al09SWvQp4_ALA%20CD%2041%20RESOLUTION%20in%20Support%20of%20Civil%20Rights%20Protections%20for%20People%20of%20Diverse%20Gender%20Identities.pdf>).

   -

   Adopted “Copyright: An Interpretation of the Code of Ethics” (CD#24.1
   <http://www.ala.org/aboutala/sites/ala.org.aboutala/files/content/governance/council/council_documents/2019_ms_council_docs/ALA%20CD%2024_1%20Copyright_An%20Interpretation%20of%20the%20Code%20of%20Ethics.pdf>
   )
   -

   Revisions of the Intellectual Freedom Manual (ALA Editions, 2020).
   -

      Article VII ensuring privacy and confidentiality for library users to
      the Library Bill of Rights (CD#19.1
      <http://www.ala.org/aboutala/sites/ala.org.aboutala/files/content/governance/council/council_documents/2019_ms_council_docs/ALA%20CD%2019_1%20IFC%20Library%20Bill%20of%20Rights.pdf>
      )
      -

      Revisions to The Library Bill of Rights regarding meeting rooms (
      CD#19.2
      <http://www.ala.org/aboutala/sites/ala.org.aboutala/files/content/governance/council/council_documents/2019_ms_council_docs/ALA%20CD%2019_2%20IFC%20Meeting%20Rooms%20Library%20Bill%20of%20Rights.pdf>
      )
      -

      Prisoners’ right to read (CD#19.3
      <http://www.ala.org/aboutala/sites/ala.org.aboutala/files/content/governance/council/council_documents/2019_ms_council_docs/ALA%20CD%2019_3%20IFC%20Prisoner%20Right%20to%20Read%20Library%20Bill%20of%20Rights.pdf>
      )
      -

      Challenged resources (CD#19.4
      <http://www.ala.org/aboutala/sites/ala.org.aboutala/files/content/governance/council/council_documents/2019_ms_council_docs/ALA%20CD%2019_4%20IFC%20Challenged%20Resources%20Library%20Bill%20of%20Rights.pdf>)

We also were updated on the discussion (CD#39
<http://www.ala.org/aboutala/sites/ala.org.aboutala/files/content/governance/council/council_documents/2019_ms_council_docs/ALA%20CD%2039%20ALA%20Conference%20Committee%20Report.pdf>)
of what to do with the Midwinter Meeting. We are moving in a direction
where it will become more robust with two tracks of focus: Books, Media,
and Authors with a focus on the all the book awards; Leadership, Strategy,
and the Future with educational session on leadership and the future of
libraries.

All the best,

Danielle

-- 
Danielle Jones
*Oregon Library Association ALA Chapter Councilor*
*Teen and youth librarian at Multnomah County Library*
*My pronouns are she, her, hers*
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